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POST AND STAKB BAR. 110.318,601. Patented May 26, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ORONK, OF HAVANA, NEW YORK.

POST AND STAKE BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,601,6.ated May26,1885.

Application filed May 14, 1884. (Xo model.)

T0 @ZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GRONK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Havana, in the county of Schuyler and State of New York,have invented a useful Improvement in a Combined Post and Stake Bar, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of tools used for settingfence-posts, hop-poles, stakes, dto., and is commonly called a post-bar,and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a combinedpost and stake bar in one tool; second, to get in making a large holefor fence-posts in hard soil the advantage of making a small hole first,then expanding it by degrees; third, to obtain lightness with sut'cientdiameter in the tool. I attain these objects by the device illustratedin the aecompanying drawings, in whieh- Figure l is a vertical sectionof entire tool with No. 2 hole-expander attached. Fig. 2 is a plan ofentire tool. Fig. 3 is a vertical'section of No. 3 hole-expander. Fig.4. is a full plan view of same. Fig. 5 is a side view of detachablesteel point. Fig. 6 is a plan view of same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts througlr out the several views.

In making the bar I cut from gas or other pipe the handle a, one end ofwhich I place in the mold in such a manner as to cast in line andrigidly about it the conical expander G, which nI will term No l, whichis very tapering to penetrate easily and expand the hole thus penetratedto a size desirable for stake-setting. Into the pointing end of this No.l expander C, I insert a steel point, d, by screw-thread or other means,whereby it may be taken out and repointed to secure durability and easein Working.

b and b represent a series of independent holefexpanderawhich I willtermNo. 27 and N o. 3, respectively. These are in form somewhat pear-shaped,and cylindrical shells having a tapering hole through them of righttaper to slip upon and tighten upon the cast portion or No. l expander Cof the bar, and to hold thefbar steady and get the best effect thediameter of the lower end of each of these expanders should be equal tothe diameter of 5o the larger end of the preceding one used.

Post-bars of much Weight having a rigid and solid expander have beenused; but I am not aware of a light combination-bar having detachableexpanders ever having been used.

Having thus fully explained my improvement, what I claim, and wish tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a post and stake bar, the combination of eXpanders C and b',substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the eXpanders C and b, of the hollow handle a,substantially as set forth.

3. In a post and stake bar having detachable expanders, the combination,with the eX- panders G and b, of the detachable steel point d,substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM CRONK.

Witnesses:

EMMET HoRToN, CHARLES S. HoYT.

